Are the Citizens in BNW Happy?

Aldous Huxley’s novel, Brave New World, describes a society where every measure possible has been taken in order to create some kind of happiness amongst the citizens of this New World. The natural question to ask oneself is if everyone really is contented. There are quite a few things that have to be examined while answering this question; the usage of the drug soma, being one. This universal drug addiction both supports and contradicts the topic statement. The main characters in this novel, being Bernard Marx and John, may not be the perfect representatives of the average citizens of the Brave New World. Yet the do make up a part of the society. Therefore one would find it interesting to examine their eventual happiness, as another step in answering the topic question.

The kind of happiness that exists in the present-day society varies from individual to individual. It is therefore rather difficult to give an exact definition of the source of this happiness. Yet one might claim that happiness is a result of satisfaction. The society that is described in Brave New World has erased every sign of individualism and is seeking to create a kind of common happiness, which is suppo

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Approximate Word count = 1197
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)